Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 9. FORGERY AND FRAUDULENT PRACTICES · Article 2. DEPOSIT ACCOUNT FRAUD
16-9-21. Printing, executing, or negotiating checks, drafts, orders, or debit card sales drafts knowing information thereon to be in error, fictitious, or assigned to another account holder.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to print or cause to be printed checks, drafts, orders, or debit card sales drafts, drawn upon any financial institution or to execute or negotiate any check, draft, order, or debit card sales draft knowing that the account number, routing number, or other information printed on such check, draft, order, or debit card sales draft is in error, fictitious, or assigned to another account holder or financial institution.#
- (b)
Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.#
History
Code 1981, § 16-9-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1570, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1787, § 4.
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, page 508; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.